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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The </span><span class="f_UIControl">Other Filters</span><span class="f_BodyText"> tab enables you to define a set of filters to restrict your report to specific features of elements (sub-element components such as attributes, responsibilities or constraints). If the feature does not have the defined characteristics, it is not reported for the element. </span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">As with the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Document Options</span><span class="f_BodyText"> tabs, you can access the filter details from two different places; the start point affects the persistence of the filter definition.</span></p>
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<li value=1><span class="f_NumberedList">If you define the filters on the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Other Filters</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> tab of the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="rtfdialogoptions.htm">Generate RTF Documentation</a></span><span class="f_NumberedList"> dialog, you can create filter settings for the current report to be run. Selections are non-persistent, and are reset when you close the dialog or select a different template.</span></li>
<li value=2><span class="f_NumberedList">If you access the filter definitions by clicking on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField"><a href="fileandprintoptions.htm">File | Document Options</a></span><span class="f_NumberedList"> menu option on the <a href="rtfstyletemplateeditor.htm">RTF Style Template Editor</a> dialog, the settings are saved with the template as the default settings for any run of this report.</span></li>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">You add filters by clicking on the <a href="adding_filters.htm">Add Filters</a> button. To edit the filters, either double-click on the panel contents or click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Edit Filter</span><span class="f_BodyText"> button, to display the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Edit Filters</span><span class="f_BodyText"> dialog. The format is the feature field name, the conditions placed on the field value, the actual value or delimiting value to search on, and whether the filter item is required (mandatory).</span></p>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The fields and options on this dialog are described below.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="543" style="width:543px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Select the name of each feature field to search on.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="185" style="width:185px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="fields_and_conditions.htm">Condition</a></span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="543" style="width:543px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Select the condition of the search parameter. The available options are </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Contains</span><span class="f_Tabletext">, </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Equal To</span><span class="f_Tabletext">, </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Not Equals</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> and </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">One Of</span><span class="f_Tabletext">.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="543" style="width:543px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Specify the search term to perform the conditional search on. This value can pertain to the selected field. For example, the value could be a date for </span><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-style: italic;">DateCreated</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> or a text value for other fields. The search term can contain multiple values, separated by commas.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="185" style="width:185px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Required</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="543" style="width:543px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Indicate that the search results must include elements with your search term in that field. (You select these checkboxes on the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="adding_filters.htm">Add Filters</a></span><span class="f_Tabletext"> dialog.)</span></p>
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<td bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">The fields listed as filters have an OR relationship when no </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Required</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> checkboxes are selected; i.e. if the search term is found in any one of those fields, then the element is displayed.</span></p>
<p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">Any field having the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Required</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> checkbox ticked overrides fields where the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Required</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> checkbox is not ticked.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="543" style="width:543px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext"><a href="adding_filters.htm">Add a new set</a> of parameters to filter the search on.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="185" style="width:185px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Edit Filter</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="543" style="width:543px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Open the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Edit Filters</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> dialog, which enables you to change the search parameters.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="543" style="width:543px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Remove the selected filter from the search.</span></p>
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